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Grand Angle : Deer in the city

1. This photo wasn't taken in the British countryside, but in Richmond Park, London. This huge piece of wild land ...

On parle d'eux

1. ~Michelle Obama~ Michelle Obama recently partnered with Girl Scouts of America to champion a wellbeing programme called "Becoming Me," ...

How David Bowie Transcended Music, Art and Fashion

1. David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images ...

What exactly is classic rock?

1. The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and Bruce Springsteen, to name just three, are all rock acts who have earned classic status. But ...

Zoom sur les Rolling Stones

  1.~The breakthrough The group, The Rolling Stones, were formed in London in 1962. At first they worked as a ...

Kenya's elephants are in danger

1. Kenyan elephants risk a slow extinction in a bleak, ever-shrinking “ecological island” in one of the country’s most picturesque ...

How the pandemic Changed Wardrobes Around the World

1. Have months of self-isolation, lockdown and working from home irrevocably changed what we will put on once we go ...

Sur le vif

1.  ~No children?~ New research published by Lund University in Sweden has stated that, if we are to save the ...

A 360°

1. ~SPAIN~ Spanish migrant crisis Ceuta, a small Spanish city on the north coast of Africa, situated across from Gibraltar, ...

Joe Biden was a boring candidate. He now draws comparisons to Franklin Roosevelt

1. A recurrent trope of American politics is to scour the actions of the first 100 days of a new ...

A bleak day for the Labour Party

1. INCUMBENT PRIME MINISTERS have historically stayed away from by-election campaigns, for they usually lose them, often by embarrassing margins. ...

Focus

1. The (Dis)united-Kingdom?   2. ~What are local elections?~ In 2021, local elections not only included voting for city mayors ...

The Anti-Consumption Weirdos of Nomadland

1. Nomadland dares you to watch it. Do you have the stones to watch this plotless, dreary semi-documentary about elderly ...

Les échos

1.~Ai-Da, robot artist The Design Museum of London is currently exhibiting the work of a robot artist: the ultra realistic ...

The Robot Surgeon Will See You Now

1. Sitting on a stool several feet from a long-armed robot, Dr. Danyal Fer wrapped his fingers around two metal ...

The real reasons why some languages are harder to learn

1. When considering which foreign languages to study, some people shy away from those that use a different alphabet. Those random-looking ...

Le dessin

1.~Tangled up in a fishing dispute...   France and the UK are famous for fighting tooth and nail when it ...